We have been to Rome twice and love it. This time we are taking our 18 year old grandson and our daughter, his mom. We will be there 3 full days. Rick Steves' guidebook states that the Roma Pass is only good for two sites and traveling around Rome. I was also considering buying a 72 hour metro pass which is 18 euros each. Any suggestions for us. We don't mind walking. We are staying near Piazza Navona.
Thank you.
A discussion about the Roma Pass you might find helpful:
https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/italy/passes-and-money
Just ignore the part of the discussion about Florence's Firenzecard if not visiting that city. My own 2-cents? It's not worth the money for just 2 entrances, and a couple of popular attractions mandate advance, timed-entry reservations even if using the pass. We've also found that we've needed to use public transport very little in Rome - its a lot more fun to walk, and sometimes an even faster way to get from one place to another - so not enough to make a pass worthwhile. We bought a few BIT tickets and tucked them away for when we might want them.
How much you'll need/want to use transit may depend on the location of your hotel and/or how much walking you're able to comfortably do.
Heads up: take note of the work on metro line A that will interrupt service during certain hours for quite some time.
https://www.atac.roma.it/en/modernisation-of-rome%27s-metro-line-a
We don't mind walking. We are staying near Piazza Navona.
You can walk almost everywhere from P Navonna including the Vatican. Skip the metro pass. Buy bus tickets as you go, if needed. Much cheaper.
Arg, yes, Piazza Navona... Silly me, I looked right over that little detail!
Good location, that. :O)
(PS: it's the possible 2 feet of snow we're expected to get hit with that's got me a little distracted 2night. Yikes.)
Single transit tickets still cost just 1.50 euros, a great bargain if you need to cover a non-walkable distance. I just ended a 10-day stay in Rome at a hotel in Monti, not as convenient a location as yours. I used transit twice, to and from the Vatican. However, there were times I cursed the hills--not necessarily because I had to climb them, but because I kept having to detour around them.
